Heteropliohippus hulberti Kelly 1995 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: T. S. Kelly. 1995. New Miocene horses from the Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Badlands, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 455:1-33

Belongs to Heteropliohippus according to T. S. Kelly 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LACM 6106, a partial skeleton (partial skull with associated partial dentaries and forelimb elements). Its type locality is Nettle Spring Canyon (LACM 6106), which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Caliente Formation of California.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Nettle Spring Canyon (LACM 6106)

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